Listing device



June 16, 1925.

A. F. ROSENBERGER LISTING DEVICE Original Filed May 28, 1914 Patented .lune 16, 1925.

UNITED STATES ANDREW F. ROSENBERGER, OF CHICAGO.

PATENT OFFICE.

ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGN- MENTS, TO ACME CARD SYSTEM COMPANY, A CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

LISTING DEVICE.

Application filed May 28, 1914, Serial No. 841,451.

To all whom, it may concern.

Be it known that I, ANDREW F. Rosan- BERGER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Listing Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to listing devices, and more particularly to a construction wherein a plurality of over-lapping cards are detachably held ina frame.

The salient objects of the invention are, to provide a listing device suitable for indexes, telephone lists or the like in which the individual cards can be readily inserted and removed and positioned in any part of the frame to permit of their insertion between cards already in place; to provide a construction in which cards of ordinary card board paper may be employed; to provide a flexible hinge for such cards, and permit of the use in such constructions of a sewed card; and in general to provide a simple and eflicient device of the character stated which will have sufficient wearing qualities to withstand a considerable use.

The invention further resides in various features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings 5 -Fig. 1 is a fragmentary side elevation showing the manner of holding the cards in the frame.

Fig. 2 is a vertical section through the over-lapping cards and frame.

Fig. '3 is a. horizontal section showing carigls in position of both sides of the frame we Fig. 4 is a side elevation of the hanger detached. I

Fig. 5 is a prespective view of the cards and their hinge.

In listing devices wherein there is a plurality of overlapping cards it often becomes necessary to replace or substitute a card in the series without interfering with the sequence with which the remaining cards are placed in the frame.

In the present construction I have shown a frame 1 of the type in which the marginal portions are provided with overlapping flanges 2 and 3 upon one side' of a central web 5, and 6 and 7 upon the opposite side of the web. These flanges are spaced :1

Renewed September 10, 1919. Serial No. 322,986.

slight distance from the web to provide a groove in which the ends of the hangers for the card supporting members may be inserted. In order to avoid the necessity of taking out the entire cards and series in order to replace or add to the list, I preferably form both the card supporting member and its hanger 9 of flexible material. This permits of their being bent to contract the ends to a lesser distance apart than the width between the flanges whereby the ends 10 and 11 of the holder may be inserted under the ends of the flanges.

Referring in detail to the hanger it will be noticed from Fig. 4 that one side comprises a straight main portion 12 of greater length than the-width between the flanges of the frame. At its opposite ends this main central portion is provided with return-bent portions 13 and 14 extending inward substantially parallel to the main central portion. The inwardly projecting portions 13 and 14 are, however, spaced a slight distance from the central portions 12 whereby a sufficiently.

broad bearing surface is provided so that [upon insertion of the ends of the holder beneath the flanges of the frame the sidewise turning of the holder will be prevented. The distance which the return-bent portions 13 and 14 are spaced from the main part 12 of the holder is regulated by the amount of the lower marginal portions of the ,overlapping cards which it is desired shall show.

Inasmuch as the hangers are prevented from a sidewise or revolving movement and are of suflicient thickness to practically fill the space between the flanges of the frame and its central web it is unnessary to provide any additional spacing members for the hangers.

While cards of various construction could be employed with a holder of the type above described, I preferably use a sewed card, that is, one having a hinge or cloth or other flexible material sewed to the card board. In the particular construction shown in Fig. 5 the card supporting member comprises hinge member 17 to which is directly secured the two cards 15 and 16 which .are thus separated by the side hinge member 17. Where two or more cards are used with the same card support or hinge portion, an additional seam 18 is preferably positioned at substantially the edge of the cards thus securing the cards in fixed relation to each other and providing an open-ended loop 19 through which the hanger 9 is freely inserted. As shown in Fig. 2, this flexible cardisupport or hinge portion also serves as a means for permitting the overlapping card to offset from the plane of the hinge portion so that the overlapping cards when in assembled position lie substantially parallel to the web of the frame.

After the hanger 9 has been inserted in the loop 19 in the manner above defined the card and the hanger are bent sufiiciently to permit the ends 10 and 11 of the hanger to be inserted beneath the flanges 3 and 4 of the frame and owing to the resiliency of the hanger it will straighten out so as to lie substantially straight when in assembled position.

In using the device embodying my invention the lower marginal portions 20 of the cards are preferably employed for indexing the subject matter upon the cards. After ascertaining from the index which card it is desired to consult the adjacent overlapping card is turned upward upon the hanger 9 as an axis and if it is desired to insert a new card in the series the hangers 9 can be pushed a slight distance apart and the new card inserted by springing the ends of its hanger under the flanges 3 and 4: in the manner above described.

I claim:

1. The combination with a frame adapted to receive a plurality of overlapping cards, said frame having spaced flanges, of a card support having an open loop flexible aseaase hinge portion and means for holding said card support in said frame comprising a resilient member adapted to extend through the open loop of the card support with its ends projecting therefrom, said card support and hanger being bendable whereby the ends of the latter may be sprung into position beneath said flanges.

2. The combination with a frame adapted to removably receive a plurality of overlapping cards, of a plurality of cards :'having flexible hinge portions provided with anopen ended loop, and means for holding said cards in said frame comprising a plurality of hangers ins-ertable into the open looped portion of the respective cards, said hangers being of greater length than the width of the cards and having a relatively wide bearing port-ion engageable with the frame and adapted to form spacing means for the overlapping cards.

3. The combination with a frame adapted to removably receive a plurality of overlapping card members, of a hanger for removably securing one of said members in said frame and a card member compris ing a plurality of cards having a common flexible hinge portion, said hinge portion having a seam substantially adjacent the edge of the cards whereby an open looped member is formed through which said holder is insertable.

ANDREW F. ROSENBERGER.

Witnesses:

J oron M. Low, 0. B BELKNAP. 

